Food Drive

Organize a food drive and make a difference in your community. The Food Bank's Food Drive Program helps individuals, businesses, faith communities, and organizations run successful food drives, while raising awareness about the root causes of poverty and hunger.

Summer Food Drive

Here are some food drive resources:

• Tips for a successful food drive (.pdf* file)
• Current and upcoming food drives
• Sign up to run your own food drive:
  • Online form
  • Download a printer-friendly form (.pdf* file)
• Where to donate food in your community
• List of most needed nonperishable foods (.pdf* file).

Some of our annual food drives include:

• Lenten Food Drive


• Letter Carriers Food Drive


• Summer Food Drive


• High Holy Days Food Drive


• Boy Scouts Food Drive


• Holiday Food Drive


• School Food Drive


• General Food Drive

For more information on organizing a food drive, contact our food drive department at (510) 635-3663, ext. 318 or email us

* These documents are .pdf (Portable Document Format) files and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you need to download the reader please use the link below.

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